Meryl Streep received her 10th Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Francesca Johnson in this 1995 film version, directed by Clint Eastwood, of the phenomenally successful book by Robert James Waller. Eastwood plays National Geographic photographer Robert Kincaid, on assignment to shoot the historical covered bridges of rural Iowa. While asking directions at a farmhouse, he meets Johnson, whose passionate nature has long been denied. With her husband and children away at a county fair, the pair's friendship blossoms into a tender four-day affair.